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[kappykaplan]

That was the stick (manual transmission) in driver's ed!

 

[Hunter216]

That was the stick (manual transmission) in driver's ed!

Pretty hard to keep both hands on the wheel

 

[kappykaplan]

 

[dlochner]

And still getting older ....

And that's a good thing!

OH that’s new school, how about a three in the tree!

Yep. Learned to drive on a 1964 Ford Falcon. And the clutch survived my driving lessons.

 

[jon hansen]

i learned to sail on a boat with a wood hull. the deck was sealed with canvas over a bedding compound that was impregnated with paint. the sail were made of Egyptian cotton. painted the entire hull and deck every year. the dust from the antifowling paint could kill you. the stays ends were loops that were hand spliced. the trailer had wood spokes.

you car guys had it easy. stick shift, 'piece of cake'

 

[jssailem]

How about the Osborne I

Oh Kappy. That opened the memory vault. The first luggable. 5” screen (measured on the diagonal). Basic, SuperCalc, WordStar, CP/M running in 64K memory. We were computer kings.

 

[kappykaplan]

We were computer kings.

That was the time when code was "tight" - none of the bloat ware like we have today! And I still have the machine - don't use it, of course.

 

[jssailem]

I still have the machine

Oh my. We will have to talk geek one day.

 

[kappykaplan]

Geek, geeeek, geeek!